Alabama History & Culture
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Publication Date
4-24-1994
Decade
1990
Description
Kitty Stone, wife of JSU President Emeritus Ernest Stone, was a longtime educator who worked to improve standards in the Jacksonville School System and the State of Alabama. She began her career in Jacksonville in the 1940s as a first grade teacher at what was then known as Jacksonville Elementary Laboratory School, which was an extension of Jacksonville State Teachers College. Stone went on to serve as director of the laboratory school and JSTC's student teacher program, and later principal of the school until her retirement on 30 September 1971. The school was later named Kitty Stone Elementary School in her honor.
This scrapbook was compiled by Martha Stillwell and presented to Mrs. Stone by Sherry Butler on behalf of the faculty of Kitty Stone Elementary School, at the Salute to Kitty Stone ceremony which was held 24 April 1994 in the gymnasium of the school. The scrapbook contains memorabilia from the event as well as a number of letters by prominent politicians, local leaders, and Jacksonville citizens. Congratulatory correspondence includes letters by former U.S. President William Clinton, U.S. Dept. of Education Secretary Richard Riley, U.S. Senator Howell Heflin, U.S. Representatives Glen Browder and Richard Shelby, Alabama Governor Jim Folsom, Alabama State Superintendent of Education Wayne Teague, and many more.
Subject
Education -- Alabama -- Jacksonville -- History, Jacksonville (Ala.) City Schools -- History, Jacksonville Elementary Laboratory School (Jacksonville, Ala.)
Date Digitized
5-10-2024
Publisher
Jacksonville State University
City
Jacksonville, Ala.
Source
kittystonescrapbook_ocr.pdf
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Rights
This item was donated by Dr. Staci Stone and is intended for non-commercial use. It may be used for personal, research, teaching or any "fair use" as defined by copyright law. Users are asked to acknowledge Jacksonville State University, Houston Cole Library. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@jsu.edu.
Location
The original scrapbook is housed in the Library's Alabama Gallery Special Collections.
Disciplines
Educational Leadership | Elementary Education | Elementary Education and Teaching | Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education
Recommended Citation
Stillwell, Martha, "Salute to Kitty Stone Scrapbook" (1994). Alabama History & Culture. 16.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/lib_ac_alhist/16
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Educational Leadership Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education Commons